Civil Eats By Aaron French If you’ve been listening to the news in the past month, you’ve probably heard quite a bit about biofuels. Simply put, they are fuel made out of plants – principally corn and soybeans in the United States. The new Obama administration is solidly in favor of increased biofuels production. Everyone… Read more »
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Glyphosate/Roundup & Human Male Infertility
The Permaculture Research Institute by Dr Mae-Wan Ho A steep decline in human male sperm count concomitant with rise in testicular germ cell cancer, congenital malformations of the male reproductive tract and drop in serum testosterone levels, all pointing towards increasing exposure to glyphosate/Roundup herbicides during the past decades, now corroborated by lab findings. A fully… Read more »
India’s Rice Revolution
In a village in India’s poorest state, Bihar, farmers are growing world record amounts of rice – with no GM, and no herbicide. Is this one solution to world food shortages? The Observer by John Vidal Sumant Kumar was overjoyed when he harvested his rice last year. There had been good rains in his village… Read more »
‘Natural’ Food Sounds Good But Doesn’t Mean Much
NPR – The Salt by Dan Charles Some people have had it with “natural” food. For fifteen years, Urvashi Rangan, director of consumer safety and sustainability for Consumer Reports, has been pointing out that “natural” is just about the most misleading label that you’ll ever see on a food package. Yet consumers still look for that word, food… Read more »
Huge Snack and Cereal Food Manufacturers Offer Dietitians Continuing Education
Examiner.com Marketing chips and other processed snack foods, sodas, and sugary GMO cereals to registered dietitians is part of big business. Registered dietitians have to keep taking continuing education courses to keep their licenses. So who’s offering a lot of the required continuing education seminars? It’s not organic produce farmers. It’s the largest food manufacturers…. Read more »
Pesticides Implicated in Fertility Issues and Pregnancy Risks
Cornucopia’s Take: Science continues to question the wisdom in the systematic deregulation of pesticides. The lead researcher in a new study published in JAMA Internal Medicine was surprised to learn that pesticide residues affect human health. Another doctor published in the same journal suggested that doctors recommend organic food to their patients. Trying to get… Read more »
The Organic Watergate: Advocates Condemn Corruption and USDA’s Cozy Relationship with Corporate Agribusinesses in Organics
[This action alert is over.] Cornucopia, WI — The nation’s leading organic farming watchdog, The Cornucopia Institute, is challenging what it calls a “conspiracy” between corporate agribusiness interests and the USDA that has increasingly facilitated the use of questionable synthetic additives and even dangerous chemicals in organic foods. In its new white paper, The Organic… Read more »
Conventional Models Meet Organic Practices
Preserving Family-scale Grain Farming [This article was previously published in the spring issue of The Cultivator, Cornucopia’s quarterly newsletter.] by Anne Ross, JD Farm and Food Policy Analyst at The Cornucopia Institute Source: Adobe Stock Over the past few years, imports of organic corn, soybeans, and other grain have soared, an escalation attributed to shortfalls in… Read more »
Pesticide-Exposed Bumblebee Queens Less Likely to Lay Eggs
Cornucopia’s Take: While there are likely many reasons wild bee colonies are declining, pesticide exposure remains one of the factors that humans can control. Neonicotinoids are not allowed in organic agriculture, but continue to be used in conventional and GMO agriculture despite considerable research pointing to their damaging effects on pollinator populations. Popular Pesticides Keep… Read more »
Astroturf Groups
What’s In a Name? [This article was previously published in the winter issue of The Cultivator, Cornucopia’s quarterly newsletter.] by Linley Dixon, PhD Farm and Food Policy Analyst at The Cornucopia Institute Source: Adobe Stock Who wouldn’t want to support organizations with names like “CropLife America,” “Coalition for Sustainable Organics,” or “Food Science Matters?” But,… Read more »
